Fencing, music, filmmaking

Alla Pugacheva, Andrei Mironov, Edith Piaf, Cher, David Bowie, Elton John, Gurchenko, Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac, Queen, Sting/The Police, DDT, Neshyastnai Sluchai, Notre Dame de Paris, Dave Matthews, Nautilus Pomplius, Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Paris Combo, George Bressens, Charles Aznavour, CCR, Blackmore's Night, Simon and Garfunkel, ABBA, etc

Mamma Mia!, Hook, Clue, The Princess Bride, Moonstruck, Gone with the Wind, Silence of the Lambs, Dogma, Tea With Mussolini, Labyrinth, Les Choristes, Notre Dame de Paris, Monty Python + the Holy Grail, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, White Nights, The Illusionist, Chocolat, The Cat's Meow, Auntie Mame, Noises Off!, Much Ado About Nothing, Soapdish, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Grumpy Old Men [1 & 2], Danny Deckchair, The Full Monty, Indiana Jones [1 & 3], My Fellow Americans, Never-Ending Story, Victor/Victoria, Toostie, Young Frankenstein, Out of Africa, Sophie's Choice

Catch 22, Wrinkle in Time books, The Hobbit, The Thorn Birds, Tithe, Count of Monte Cristo, Picture of Dorian Gray, Master and Margarita, Three Hearts and Three Lions, Wicked, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Woman in White, King Soloman's Mines, She, Allen Quartermain, Da Vinci Code, The Harry Potter books, The Remains of the Day

House, Private Practice, Qi, Graham Norton, Jeeves and Wooster, NCIS, Slings & Arrows

"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play. Bring a friend . . . if you have one."
—George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill

"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second . . . if there is one."
—Winston Churchill, in response
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"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."
—Stephen Bishop

"He had delusions of adequacy."
—Walter Kerr

"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure."
—Jack E. Leonard

"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."
—Charles, Count Talleyrand

"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."
—Forrest Tucker

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts...for support rather than illumination."
—Andrew Lang

"As I walk away, please note the mistletoe on my coattail."
—Dr. Goodword